Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1
Administrating Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Environments.
Edition 1
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Abstract
This book contains information and procedures relevant to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization administrators.
- Preface
- 1. Using this Guide
- 2. Basics
- I. Administering the Resources
- 3. Data Centers
- 4. Clusters
- 5. Logical Networks
- 6. Hosts
- 7. Storage
- 7.1. Introduction to Storage in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
- 7.2. Understanding Storage Domains
- 7.3. Storage Metadata Versions in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
- 7.4. Preparing and Adding File-based Storage
- 7.5. Adding POSIX Compliant File System Storage
- 7.6. Adding Block-based Storage
- 7.7. Storage Tasks
- 7.8. Red Hat Storage Volumes
- 7.9. Storage and Permissions
- 8. Virtual Machines
- 8.1. Introduction to Virtual Machines
- 8.2. Supported Virtual Machine Operating Systems
- 8.3. Virtual Machine Performance Parameters
- 8.4. Creating Virtual Machines
- 8.5. Using Virtual Machines
- 8.6. Shutting Down or Pausing Virtual Machines
- 8.7. Managing Virtual Machines
- 8.8. Virtual Machines and Permissions
- 8.9. Backing Up and Restoring Virtual Machines with Snapshots
- 8.10. Importing and Exporting Virtual Machines
- 8.11. Migrating Virtual Machines Between Hosts
- 8.12. Improving Uptime with Virtual Machine High Availability
- 8.13. Other Virtual Machine Tasks
- 9. Templates
- 10. Pools
- 11. Virtual Machine Disks
- 11.1. Understanding Virtual Machine Storage
- 11.2. Understanding Virtual Disks
- 11.3. Shareable Disks in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
- 11.4. Creating Unassociated Virtual Machine Hard Disks
- 11.5. Explanation of Settings in the New Virtual Machine Disk and Edit Virtual Machine Disk Windows
- 11.6. Moving a Virtual Machine Hard Disk Between Data Domains
- 11.7. Virtual Disks and Permissions
- II. Administering the Environment
- 12. Users and Roles
- 13. Quotas
- 13.1. Introduction to Quota
- 13.2. Shared Quota and Individually-defined Quota
- 13.3. Quota Accounting
- 13.4. Enabling and Changing a Quota Mode in a Data Center
- 13.5. Creating a New Quota Policy
- 13.6. Explanation of Quota Threshold Settings
- 13.7. Assigning a Quota to an Object
- 13.8. Using Quota to Limit Resources by User
- 13.9. Editing Quotas
- 13.10. Removing Quotas
- 14. Event Notifications
- 15. Updating the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Environment
- 16. Reports, History Database Reports, and Dashboards
- A. Firewalls
- B. VDSM and Hooks
- B.1. VDSM
- B.2. VDSM Hooks
- B.3. Extending VDSM with Hooks
- B.4. Supported VDSM Events
- B.5. The VDSM Hook Environment
- B.6. The VDSM Hook Domain XML Object
- B.7. Defining Virtual Machine Custom Properties
- B.8. Setting Virtual Machine Custom Properties
- B.9. Evaluating Virtual Machine Custom Properties in a VDSM Hook
- B.10. Using the VDSM Hooking Module
- B.11. VDSM Hook Execution
- B.12. VDSM Hook Return Codes
- B.13. VDSM Hook Examples
- C. Utilities
- C.1. Managing Domains with the Domain Management Tool
- C.2. Editing the Configuration of the Red Hat Virtualization Manager with the Configuration Tool
- C.3. Uploading Virtual Machine Images with the Image Uploader Tool
- C.4. Editing USB Filters with the USB Filter Editor
- C.5. Collecting Logs with the Log Collector Tool
- C.6. Uploading ISO Files with the ISO Uploader Tool
- C.7. Guest Drivers and Agents
- D. Backups
- E. Using Search, Bookmarks, and Tags to Find Your Way Around
- F. Revision History